Advertisements
Aquatic Avenue Banner Tropica Shop Banner Fishy Business Banner
Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: where do driftwood/bogwood come from?

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Woodlands
    Posts
    3,938
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    54
    Country
    Singapore

    where do driftwood/bogwood come from?

    Advertisements
    Fresh n Marine aQuarium Banner

    Advertise here

    Advertise here
    I always wondered where they come from?

    Is it the forests? Or the swamps? From what kind of trees? What makes them have such interesting mangled shapes and holes?

    Funny I don't get to see them lying on the ground waiting to be picked up.
    But we know Tom Barr collects them quite easily in the USA.

    Any idea?
    Cheers!
    koah fong
    Juggler's tanks

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Not sure ....but bogwood reminds me of GUAVA tree really.

    I can tell that they look the same cos my parents did have guava trees when we lived in kampong many years back.....and kids then would use them to make catapults.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    8,958
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Images
    104
    Country
    Singapore
    Some of our bogwood come from the Mopani tree. The ones that are dark on one side and light brown on the other.
    Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
    Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:
    A woman, without her man, is nothing.
    A woman: without her, man is nothing.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    8,958
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Images
    104
    Country
    Singapore
    Quote Originally Posted by aizaspurz
    Not sure ....but bogwood reminds me of GUAVA tree really.

    I can tell that they look the same cos my parents did have guava trees when we lived in kampong many years back.....and kids then would use them to make catapults.
    From your description, you're talking about the skinny branchy light coloured wood?

    I think the terms bogwood and driftwood are being mis-used or misunderstood. Not pointing fingers at anyone. I just think as a hobby, we've all not been very careful with our words.
    Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
    Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:
    A woman, without her man, is nothing.
    A woman: without her, man is nothing.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    I stand corrected......

    So, is the "skinny branchy light coloured wood" driftwood or bogwood?

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    8,958
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Images
    104
    Country
    Singapore
    Eh... I can't correct you... I'm not too sure about the actual usage either. I'll just call that driftwood.

    To me driftwood is fallen branches washed up along the banks or shores of bodies of water. Bog wood is wood found rotting in bogs.

    I think I read that Mopani wood is actually dried chopped up Mopani trees... i.e. not found in bogs. So technically, although it's commonly called bogwood...
    Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
    Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:
    A woman, without her man, is nothing.
    A woman: without her, man is nothing.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    96
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Interesting. So do we have such mopani trees in Singapore? Cos' sometimes, really, I do feel the pinch paying good money for a piece of wood from an LFS when there are trees all around us waiting to shed their branches. And is it safe to use the wood from a guava tree for the home aquarium? Any other type of tree whose wood has good texture and suitable for aquarium use?
    Cheerio!

    Edmund Lee

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Posts
    8,958
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Images
    104
    Country
    Singapore
    Mopani is from Africa.
    Vincent - AQ is for everyone, but not for 'u' and 'mi'.
    Why use punctuation? See what a difference it makes:
    A woman, without her man, is nothing.
    A woman: without her, man is nothing.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •